Forex Trading and Miscellaneous

Many market commentators, analysts and mentors claim that markets are random and by association chaotic. If you get down to a granular level, they have a point; if you watch the movement of forex tick charts or one-minute time frames, FX market movements can look random, and you can’t possibly identify trends. However, if you […]

Unless you lived in a cave during 2020 (many of us did to help control the spread of COVID-19), then you must have noticed the exponential rise of Bitcoin. In January 2020, the virtual cryptocurrency’s price languished at $8,000, and a year later, the price of a single Bitcoin (BTC) reached a record high of

In our business, we’re trading the future, and we continually try to make predictions of how and why financial markets move. If you think back to this time last year, you couldn’t possibly predict how 2020 would turn out. The Brexit transition period ending, the November presidential election, and the ongoing Middle East tensions. These

To make a profit when trading FX, you need to identify the times when the price of a security is moving and then successfully buy or sell the moves. When we boil the FX trading process down to its simplest form, that’s what we’re searching for on our charts. Is price rising or falling? Can

Forex traders begin searching for a consistent trading method and strategy from the moment they discover online trading. This search will usually have different phases as the novice FX trader becomes aware of both the possible and the impossible. At first, the novice or inexperienced trader is looking for a 100% winning, unbreakable trading system.

What are candlesticks on your chart? They’re simply an illustration of price movement. They’re not a language, and they’re not a code you have to decipher. They’re a representation of price, and there are many other tools you can use to illustrate where the price of a security like a forex currency pair is headed

Forex traders are a curious bunch, and their intellectual curiosity extends to experimentation with just about every technical indicator created. The journey many FX traders go on to try and discover a magic combination of indicators that will unlock rewards and riches often gets called the “search for the Holy Grail”. It’s a reference to

Occasionally trends appear in financial trading. Not the trends you search for on your forex trading charts if you’re a swing trader, the types of movements we refer to and want to discuss are more like popular fads. Think of cryptocurrency trading lately, many of us didn’t think we’d see its popularity get back to

Looking for methods to simplify your forex trading and destressing the complete process makes a lot of sense. You’ll be less likely to make mistakes which cause a consequential loss of money. A common mistake many novice traders make is to chase the market, which can also cause overtrading and revenge trading, the double curse

Experienced FX traders recognise the importance of keeping their overheads under control when they trade. They look for certainty wherever and whenever it’s available. They’ll look for tight spreads, low commissions, accurate fills and overall reliability from their broker. Successful and experienced forex traders also dislike unexpected charges, so they search out brokers who have